Originally Posted by
EternalSpring
I agree that the looks shouldn't be the sole basis for judging kung fu, especially through a video.
But at the same time, we all definitely value details in how a movement is performed. TBH, I enjoy watching your vids, so to bring up the snake engine video, I'd point out how you mentioned the differences between your view of the snake like movement in Yip Man Ving Tsun's Biu Jee (the up and down finger movement after the first punch) and the snake engine in Yik Kam lineage.
Personally, I feel that the Yip Man Ving Tsun method still teaches what you mentioned about the Yik Kam lineage's snake engine, except that everything in our forms is done at the most subtle level possible and then expanded in time on the jong or in drills or sparring.
But the point is that even you judged based on what you saw. It's just something we all do at times because on one hand, it does have value, but on the other hand looks can be deceiving.